Kurt Nelson

Friday was the grand opening ceremonies of the new Pollo Campero, Fresh-A-Peel, and Babycakes NYC at Downtown Disney Marketplace. 2010 WDW Ambassador Vanessa Rosas was on hand for the opening. Pollo Campero donated $5,000 to Make A Wish foundation to help a child with a life-threatening illness go to Disney…

Turns out there is an economic advantage to using the monthly payment option when buying a new Florida Resident Annual Pass at Walt Disney World. To see how beneficial the new monthly option for Disney APs is, I did an analysis. Present value of Florida Resident Annual Pass: $392.99 Present…

My Walt Disney World Annual Pass expires in February. Starting this August, I will be living minutes from WDW and will have plenty of free time on the weekends. So I decided to go annual pass comparison shopping this weekend and came up with these observations: Pricing: (Florida Resident assumed…

When it rains it pours. Although it wasn’t raining today at 2:40pm, two Disney busses collided on the roads outside the Magic Kingdom resulting in many minor injuries and 12 guests being sent to the hospital. All injuries are described as minor. This comes 11 days after the Monorail Accident…

Here’s a quick Magic Kingdom Trip Report from The Disney Blog tech guru Kurt: I went to the Magic Kingdom yesterday and here are a few of my photos: Even on rails you can have a serious traffic jam. These Alice in Wonderland cutouts appear on the back path between…

[And now an editorial from Kurt Nelson. Normally behind the scenes working magic at The Disney Blog, Kurt chimes in with a few thoughts on this years Food and Wine Festival. – John] The Epcot Food and Wine Festival has always been one of my favorite events. But not anymore….